'It seems as though our administration is trying to make life as miserable as possible for the people who are seeking asylum,' Pastor Jenkins said. 'And they're doing a pretty good job of it. I think our administration wants to prove that there's a crisis'
“I jokingly say that I was on speed dial with ICE and CBP,” Jenkins said, referring to Customs and Border Protection."They would call me many times at 2 o’clock in the morning and they would say, they have a family that has nowhere to go, ‘Can I bring them?’ and the answer had always been, ‘yes.’”
As of Wednesday morning, 14,800 families who crossed the U.S. border since December have been released in San Diego, according to ICE. According to CBP, family unit apprehensions have increased almost“The sheer volume of family units crossing the border has overwhelmed ICE’s limited transportation resources; combined with a requirement to detain these individuals for no more than 20 days, the agency has no option but to expeditiously arrange for their release,” ICE wrote in a statement.
Cindi is one of the new mothers who will be affected by the Christ Ministry Center’s eventual closing. She was five months pregnant when she left Honduras in October and upon reaching Mexico, she turned herself in at a port of entry in Tijuana. She is currently staying at the shelter with her 15-day-old son and another young son.
Jenkins formed the Safe Harbors Network, a nonprofit coalition of churches and organizations working to house asylum-seekers on a long-term basis, in 2016. However, these organizations do not have the capacity to help more than a couple of families at a given time.
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